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Clash deepens residents' hardship

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    Meanwhile, prices of goods on Kisangani's markets have increased since last month's conflict between Ugandan and Rwandan forces, humanitarian sources told IRIN on Friday. Factors contributing to the price hikes included worsening exchange rates, the suspension of commercial flights from Uganda and the city's deepening isolation, they said. The situation has aggravated the population's already poor food security conditions.

    Eleven supplementary and therapeutic feeding centres in Kisangani are currently assisting some 1,700 malnourished children under five years of age, and the number of admissions was increasing, the sources said. Malnutrition rates throughout Province Orientale and north Equateur were reported to be on the rise, although detailed figures were not available,
    they added.

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